Sir Robert Gillies has recently been knighted by the Governor-General Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Cindy Kiro of New Zealand. The New Zealand Defence mark the event with a wreath-laying ceremony in honour of the 28th Maori Battalion. Sir Robert Gillies, taken at Defence House, Wellington. Sir Robert (Bom) Gillies in 2022 when he was knighted. Photo / Supplied RGP 09Nov24 - BTG 09Nov24 - Photo: NZ Defence Force
Kelly Makiha discusss the recent death of Sir Robert 'Bom' Gillies, the last surviving member of 28 Māori Battalion.
The Māori Development Minister has officially opened eighty new homes in a $45 million partnership with the Government.
The six-week murder trial over death of Korrey Whyman is under way, and the decision on whether seven emergency housing motels will operate in Rotorua past December is weeks away.
Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post.
